"Before This World" is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was released on June 15, 2015. It is Taylor's first album of original material since October Road (2002). He recorded the album in a barn on his property in western Massachusetts with Steve Gadd on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass. In April 2015, he announced a short U.S. tour running from July 2nd to August 6th to promote the album. "Before This World" is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. It was released on June 15, 2015. It is Taylor's first album of original material since October Road (2002). He recorded the album in a barn on his property in western Massachusetts with Steve Gadd on drums and Jimmy Johnson on bass. In April 2015, he announced a short U.S. tour running from July 2nd to August 6th to promote the album. false 2024-01-04 13:58:04 Before This World 6.7 2015 2015-06-16 2015-06-16 42 Country Pop Soft Rock 111408 2242787 f36fcbaa-08c6-4f57-81d4-7627e951a5a9 107d0c22-d051-4d98-8206-4e14de02132a acc0910f-f491-4977-a5c9-7d8cdf3cd35d /media/data/media5/Music/James Taylor/Before This World (2015)/folder.jpg James Taylor AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/J/James Taylor/folder.jpg James Taylor Artist /config/metadata/People/J/James Taylor/folder.jpg James Taylor James Taylor 1 Today Today Today 03:09 2 You and I Again 03:52 3 Angels of Fenway 03:18 4 Stretch of the Highway 05:32 5 Montana 03:25 6 Watchin’ Over Me 04:07 7 Snowtime 05:48 8 Before This World / Jolly Springtime 05:34 9 Far Afghanistan 04:04 10 Wild Mountain Thyme 02:56 James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it one of the best-selling albums in US history. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World. Taylor is also known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James". He played the leading role in Monte Hellman's 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop.